Recent content by bfreidah

Perhaps 'you' took a jolt that refined your hearing but yes, if a nearby transformer was replaced it could definitely change things for the better or worse.

Worked part time back in the day setting up Nova Beam CRT projectors which could double as coffee tables and 10ft satellite dishes. I think the Carver receivers with Sonic Holography were just coming out at the time. Still prefer an UHD disc over a stream and always had a few hundred titles. It...

The HK surround system in my M4 sounds decent enough though could be better for a 6 figure car. The best setups were always the ones I installed myself going back to the 70s; those Jensen 6x9 coaxial speakers rocked. Nobody considered putting a sub in a car back then.

For what it's worth, the shortened MIT 2 bi-wires sound better than others I compared them to last night. More clarity would describe it. Whether they would have sounded even better at triple the length cannot be known now as MIT tech support is no longer.

Strictly for esthetic reasons as the new monoblocks sits alongside each speaker so I had an extra 8 feet per side of extra cable.

Purchased a set of MITerminator 2s in the late 90s. After that I stopped buying monster products. Pulled them out of storage a couple weeks ago to run a couple monoblocks to my Martin Logan Quest Zs and decided to cut them down to one meter. Pretty complex wiring inside that tested my soldering...

Great modular design with plenty of capacitance and toroid. The specs claim anywhere for 120 watts/ch to 300/ch depending on which document. Looks like more than 120. They certainly included plenty of closeups of the circuitry. Did you open her up to compare?

Running it now; yes warm it isn't (except for the housing) but very articulate and the sound stage has improved.

When it's available on stand alone streamers I'll check it out.

No; aluminum mains are quite common. Its only weakness is its lack of malleability where repeated flexing will cause a break. This was a problem during the mid 70s copper shortage when aluminum was used in wall and often shorted at the panel or receptacles where the heat expansion at the...

Ordered a Schiit Gungnir DAC to bypass the Node Icons nice Sabers. Hoping it will warm up the mids some. We'll see...

Are you saying you can use its digital passthrough out to an external DAC and still have volume control? I do have a nice Schiit DAC I could try.

Have a friend with a Naim Uniti Atom steamer that sounds great. I like my Bluesound Node Icon for a fraction the price that also integrates with my other Bluesound devices around the house. Both units have built in preamps if needed.

Is that engineered hardwood floors glued to concrete or true hardwood floors? If the latter; isolating would beneficial, otherwise it's the additional height that did the trick. Always fun to experiment.

Not so sure about the "sleek modern design; looks great" part. I want to hang my tools on it. A set of heavy drapes with vallance would do the job and add some theatrical flair should you go with electric retraction.